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[111th Congress Public Law 374]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]

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Public Law 111-374
111th Congress

                                 An Act

 
   To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
  Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive 
   housing for persons with disabilities. <<NOTE: Jan. 4, 2011 -  [S. 
                                1481]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Frank Melville 
Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.

(a) <<NOTE: 42 USC 8001 note.>>  Short Title.--This Act may be cited as 
the ``Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010''.

    (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of, section 811 or any other provision of section 811, the 
reference shall be considered to be made to section 811 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013).
SEC. 2. <<NOTE: 42 USC 8013.>>  TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Renewal Through Section 8.--Section 811(d)(4) is amended to read 
as follows:
            ``(4) Tenant-based rental assistance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Tenant-based rental assistance 
                provided under subsection (b)(1) shall be provided under 
                section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
                (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)).
                    ``(B) Conversion of existing assistance.--There is 
                authorized to be appropriated for tenant-based rental 
                assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
                Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for persons 
                with disabilities an amount not less than the amount 
                necessary to convert the number of authorized vouchers 
                and funding under an annual contributions contract in 
                effect on the date of enactment of the Frank Melville 
                Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010. Such 
                converted vouchers may be administered by the entity 
                administering the vouchers prior to conversion. For 
                purposes of administering such converted vouchers, such 
                entities shall be considered a `public housing agency' 
                authorized to engage in the operation of tenant-based 
                assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing 
                Act of 1937.
                    ``(C) Requirements upon turnover.--The Secretary 
                shall develop and issue, to public housing agencies that 
                receive voucher assistance made available under this 
                subsection and to public housing agencies that received 
                voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
                States

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                Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for non-elderly 
                disabled families pursuant to appropriation Acts for 
                fiscal years 1997 through 2002 or any other subsequent 
                appropriations for incremental vouchers for non-elderly 
                disabled families, guidance to ensure that, to the 
                maximum extent possible, such vouchers continue to be 
                provided upon turnover to qualified persons with 
                disabilities or to qualified non-elderly disabled 
                families, respectively.''.

    (b) <<NOTE: 42 USC 8013 note.>>  Provision of Technical 
Assistance.--The Secretary is authorized to the extent amounts are made 
available in future appropriations Acts, to provide technical assistance 
to public housing agencies and other administering entities to 
facilitate using vouchers to provide permanent supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities, help States reduce reliance on segregated 
restrictive settings for people with disabilities to meet community care 
requirements, end chronic homelessness, as ``chronically homeless'' is 
defined in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11361), and for other related purposes.
SEC 3. MODERNIZED <<NOTE: 42 USC 8013.>>  CAPITAL ADVANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Project Rental Assistance Contracts.--Section 811 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(A) Initial project rental 
                assistance contract.--'' after ``Project rental 
                assistance.--'';
                    (B) in the first sentence, by inserting after 
                ``shall'' the following: ``comply with subsection (e)(2) 
                and shall'';
                    (C) by striking ``annual contract amount'' each 
                place such term appears and inserting ``amount provided 
                under the contract for each year covered by the 
                contract''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
            ``(B) Renewal of and increases in contract amounts.--
                    ``(i) Expiration of contract term.--Upon the 
                expiration of each contract term, subject to the 
                availability of amounts made available in appropriation 
                Acts, the Secretary shall adjust the annual contract 
                amount to provide for reasonable project costs, 
                including adequate reserves and service coordinators as 
                appropriate, except that any contract amounts not used 
                by a project during a contract term shall not be 
                available for such adjustments upon renewal.
                    ``(ii) Emergency situations.--In the event of 
                emergency situations that are outside the control of the 
                owner, the Secretary shall increase the annual contract 
                amount, subject to reasonable review and limitations as 
                the Secretary shall provide.''.
            (2) in subsection (e)(2)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by inserting before the 
                period at the end the following: ``, except that, in the 
                case of the sponsor of a project assisted with any low-
                income housing tax credit pursuant to section 42 of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or with any tax-exempt 
                housing bonds, the contract shall have an initial term 
                of not less than 360 months and shall provide funding 
                for a term of 60 months''; and

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                    (B) by striking ``extend any expiring contract'' and 
                insert ``upon expiration of a contract (or any renewed 
                contract), renew such contract''.

    (b) Program Requirements.--Section 811 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting 
                the following: ``Program Requirements'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
                following new paragraph:
            ``(1) Use restrictions.--
                    ``(A) Term.--Any project for which a capital advance 
                is provided under subsection (d)(1) shall be operated 
                for not less than 40 years as supportive housing for 
                persons with disabilities, in accordance with the 
                application for the project approved by the Secretary 
                and shall, during such period, be made available for 
                occupancy only by very low-income persons with 
                disabilities.
                    ``(B) Conversion.--If the owner of a project 
                requests the use of the project for the direct benefit 
                of very low-income persons with disabilities and, 
                pursuant to such request the Secretary determines that a 
                project is no longer needed for use as supportive 
                housing for persons with disabilities, the Secretary may 
                approve the request and authorize the owner to convert 
                the project to such use.''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraphs:
            ``(3) Limitation on use of funds.--No assistance received 
        under this section (or any State or local government funds used 
        to supplement such assistance) may be used to replace other 
        State or local funds previously used, or designated for use, to 
        assist persons with disabilities.
            ``(4) Multifamily projects.--
                    ``(A) Limitation.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), of the total number of dwelling units 
                in any multifamily housing project (including any 
                condominium or cooperative housing project) containing 
                any unit for which assistance is provided from a capital 
                grant under subsection (d)(1) made after the date of the 
                enactment of the Frank Melville Supportive Housing 
                Investment Act of 2010, the aggregate number that are 
                used for persons with disabilities, including supportive 
                housing for persons with disabilities, or to which any 
                occupancy preference for persons with disabilities 
                applies, may not exceed 25 percent of such total.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
                in the case of any project that is a group home or 
                independent living facility.''; and
            (2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (4).

    (c) Delegated Processing.--Subsection (g) of section 811 (42 U.S.C. 
8013(g)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Selection Criteria.--'' and inserting 
        ``Selection Criteria and Processing.--(1) Selection criteria.--
        '';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), 
        (6), and (7) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (G), and 
        (H), respectively; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

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    ``(2) Delegated Processing.--
            ``(A) <<NOTE: Deadline.>>  In issuing a capital advance 
        under subsection (d)(1) for any multifamily project (but not 
        including any project that is a group home or independent living 
        facility) for which financing for the purposes described in the 
        last sentence of subsection (b) is provided by a combination of 
        the capital advance and sources other than this section, within 
        30 days of award of the capital advance, the Secretary shall 
        delegate review and processing of such projects to a State or 
        local housing agency that--
                    ``(i) is in geographic proximity to the property;
                    ``(ii) has demonstrated experience in and capacity 
                for underwriting multifamily housing loans that provide 
                housing and supportive services;
                    ``(iii) may or may not be providing low-income 
                housing tax credits in combination with the capital 
                advance under this section; and
                    ``(iv) <<NOTE: Deadline.>>  agrees to issue a firm 
                commitment within 12 months of delegation.
            ``(B) The Secretary shall retain the authority to process 
        capital advances in cases in which no State or local housing 
        agency is sufficiently qualified to provide delegated processing 
        pursuant to this paragraph or no such agency has entered into an 
        agreement with the Secretary to serve as a delegated processing 
        agency.
            ``(C) The Secretary shall--
                    ``(i) <<NOTE: Criteria. Timeline.>> develop criteria 
                and a timeline to periodically assess the performance of 
                State and local housing agencies in carrying out the 
                duties delegated to such agencies pursuant to 
                subparagraph (A); and
                    ``(ii) retain the authority to review and process 
                projects financed by a capital advance in the event 
                that, after a review and assessment, a State or local 
                housing agency is determined to have failed to satisfy 
                the criteria established pursuant to clause (i).
            ``(D) An agency to which review and processing is delegated 
        pursuant to subparagraph (A) may assess a reasonable fee which 
        shall be included in the capital advance amounts and may 
        recommend project rental assistance amounts in excess of those 
        initially awarded by the Secretary. <<NOTE: Fee schedule.>> The 
        Secretary shall develop a schedule for reasonable fees under 
        this subparagraph to be paid to delegated processing agencies, 
        which shall take into consideration any other fees to be paid to 
        the agency for other funding provided to the project by the 
        agency, including bonds, tax credits, and other gap funding.
            ``(E) <<NOTE: Deadline.>>  Under such delegated system, the 
        Secretary shall retain the authority to approve rents and 
        development costs and to execute a capital advance within 60 
        days of receipt of the commitment from the State or local 
        agency. <<NOTE: Notification.>> The Secretary shall provide to 
        such agency and the project sponsor, in writing, the reasons for 
        any reduction in capital advance amounts or project rental 
        assistance and such reductions shall be subject to appeal.''.

    (d) Leveraging Other Resources.--Paragraph (1) of section 811(g) (as 
so designated by subsection (c)(1) of this section) is amended by 
inserting after subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated by subsection 
(c)(2) of this section) the following new subparagraph:

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                    ``(F) the extent to which the per-unit cost of units 
                to be assisted under this section will be supplemented 
                with resources from other public and private sources;''.

    (e) Tenant Protections and Eligibility for Occupancy.--Section 811 
is amended by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following new 
subsection:
    ``(i) Admission and Occupancy.--
            ``(1) Tenant selection.--
                    ``(A) Procedures.--An owner shall adopt written 
                tenant selection procedures that are satisfactory to the 
                Secretary as (i) consistent with the purpose of 
                improving housing opportunities for very low-income 
                persons with disabilities; and (ii) reasonably related 
                to program eligibility and an applicant's ability to 
                perform the obligations of the 
                lease. <<NOTE: Notification.>> Owners shall promptly 
                notify in writing any rejected applicant of the grounds 
                for any rejection.
                    ``(B) Requirement for occupancy.--Occupancy in 
                dwelling units provided assistance under this section 
                shall be available only to persons with disabilities and 
                households that include at least one person with a 
                disability.
                    ``(C) Availability.--Except only as provided in 
                subparagraph (D), occupancy in dwelling units in housing 
                provided with assistance under this section shall be 
                available to all persons with disabilities eligible for 
                such occupancy without regard to the particular 
                disability involved.
                    ``(D) Limitation on occupancy.--Notwithstanding any 
                other provision of law, the owner of housing developed 
                under this section may, with the approval of the 
                Secretary, limit occupancy within the housing to persons 
                with disabilities who can benefit from the supportive 
                services offered in connection with the housing.
            ``(2) Tenant protections.--
                    ``(A) Lease.--The lease between a tenant and an 
                owner of housing assisted under this section shall be 
                for not less than one year, and shall contain such terms 
                and conditions as the Secretary shall determine to be 
                appropriate.
                    ``(B) Termination of tenancy.--An owner may not 
                terminate the tenancy or refuse to renew the lease of a 
                tenant of a rental dwelling unit assisted under this 
                section except--
                          ``(i) for serious or repeated violation of the 
                      terms and conditions of the lease, for violation 
                      of applicable Federal, State, or local law, or for 
                      other good cause; and
                          ``(ii) by providing the tenant, not less than 
                      30 days before such termination or refusal to 
                      renew, with written notice specifying the grounds 
                      for such action.
                    ``(C) Voluntary participation in services.--A 
                supportive service plan for housing assisted under this 
                section shall permit each resident to take 
                responsibility for choosing and acquiring their own 
                services, to receive any supportive services made 
                available directly or indirectly by the owner of such 
                housing, or to not receive any supportive services.''.

    (f) Development Cost Limitations.--Subsection (h) of section 811 is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--

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                    (A) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting 
                ``Group homes'';
                    (B) in the first sentence, by striking ``various 
                types and sizes'' and inserting ``group homes'';
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (E); and
                    (D) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as 
                subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``established pursuant to 
        paragraph (1)'' after ``cost limitation''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Applicability of home program cost limitations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The provisions of section 212(e) 
                of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 12742(e)) and the cost limits established by 
                the Secretary pursuant to such section with respect to 
                the amount of funds under subtitle A of title II of such 
                Act that may be invested on a per unit basis, shall 
                apply to supportive housing assisted with a capital 
                advance under subsection (d)(1) and the amount of funds 
                under such subsection that may be invested on a per unit 
                basis.
                    ``(B) Waivers.--The Secretary may provide for waiver 
                of the cost limits applicable pursuant to subparagraph 
                (A)--
                          ``(i) in the cases in which the cost limits 
                      established pursuant to section 212(e) of the 
                      Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
                      may be waived; and
                          ``(ii) to provide for--
                                    ``(I) the cost of special design 
                                features to make the housing accessible 
                                to persons with disabilities;
                                    ``(II) the cost of special design 
                                features necessary to make individual 
                                dwelling units meet the special needs of 
                                persons with disabilities; and
                                    ``(III) the cost of providing the 
                                housing in a location that is accessible 
                                to public transportation and community 
                                organizations that provide supportive 
                                services to persons with 
                                disabilities.''.

    (g) Congressional Notification of Waiver.--Section 811(k) is 
amended--
            (1) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> in paragraph (1), by adding the 
        following after the second sentence: ``Not later than the date 
        of the exercise of any waiver permitted under the previous 
        sentence, the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Banking, 
        Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
        Financial Services of the House of Representatives of the waiver 
        or the intention to exercise the waiver, together with a 
        detailed explanation of the reason for the waiver.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by striking ``prescribe, subject to the 
                limitation under subsection (h)(6) of this section)'' 
                and inserting ``prescribe)''; and
                    (B) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> by adding the following 
                after the first sentence: ``Not later than the date that 
                the Secretary prescribes a limit exceeding the 24 person 
                limit in the previous sentence, the Secretary shall 
                notify the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
                Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 
                Services of the House of Representatives of the limit or 
                the intention to prescribe a limit

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                in excess of 24 persons, together with a detailed 
                explanation of the reason for the new limit.''.

    (h) Minimum Allocation for Multifamily Projects.--Paragraph (1) of 
section 811(l) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Minimum allocation for multifamily projects.--The 
        Secretary shall establish a minimum percentage of the amount 
        made available for each fiscal year for capital advances under 
        subsection (d)(1) that shall be used for multifamily projects 
        subject to subsection (e)(4).''.
SEC. 4. <<NOTE: 42 USC 8013.>>  PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 811(b) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``is 
        authorized--'' and inserting ``is authorized to take the 
        following actions:'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1) to provide tenant-based'' and 
                inserting ``(1) Tenant-based assistance.--To provide 
                tenant-based''; and
                    (B) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period;
            (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) to provide 
        assistance'' and inserting ``(2) Capital advances.--To provide 
        assistance''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Project rental assistance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To offer additional methods of 
                financing supportive housing for non-elderly adults with 
                disabilities, the Secretary shall make funds available 
                for project rental assistance pursuant to subparagraph 
                (B) for eligible projects under subparagraph (C). The 
                Secretary shall provide for State housing finance 
                agencies and other appropriate entities to apply to the 
                Secretary for such project rental assistance funds, 
                which shall be made available by such agencies and 
                entities for dwelling units in eligible projects based 
                upon criteria established by the Secretary. The 
                Secretary may not require any State housing finance 
                agency or other entity applying for such project rental 
                assistance funds to identify in such application the 
                eligible projects for which such funds will be used, and 
                shall allow such agencies and applicants to subsequently 
                identify such eligible projects pursuant to the making 
                of commitments described in subparagraph (C)(ii).
                    ``(B) Contract terms.--
                          ``(i) Contract terms.--Project rental 
                      assistance under this paragraph shall be 
                      provided--
                                    ``(I) in accordance with subsection 
                                (d)(2); and
                                    ``(II) under a contract having an 
                                initial term of not less than 180 months 
                                that provides funding for a term 60 
                                months, which funding shall be renewed 
                                upon expiration, subject to the 
                                availability of sufficient amounts in 
                                appropriation Acts.
                          ``(ii) Limitation on units assisted.--Of the 
                      total number of dwelling units in any multifamily 
                      housing project containing any unit for which 
                      project rental assistance under this paragraph is 
                      provided, the aggregate number that are provided 
                      such project rental assistance, that are used for 
                      supportive housing for

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                      persons with disabilities, or to which any 
                      occupancy preference for persons with disabilities 
                      applies, may not exceed 25 percent of such total.
                          ``(iii) Prohibition of capital advances.--The 
                      Secretary may not provide a capital advance under 
                      subsection (d)(1) for any project for which 
                      assistance is provided under this paragraph.
                          ``(iv) Eligible population.--Project rental 
                      assistance under this paragraph may be provided 
                      only for dwelling units for extremely low-income 
                      persons with disabilities and extremely low-income 
                      households that include at least one person with a 
                      disability.
                    ``(C) Eligible projects.--An eligible project under 
                this subparagraph is a new or existing multifamily 
                housing project for which--
                          ``(i) the development costs are paid with 
                      resources from other public or private sources; 
                      and
                          ``(ii) a commitment has been made--
                                    ``(I) by the applicable State agency 
                                responsible for allocation of low-income 
                                housing tax credits under section 42 of 
                                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, for 
                                an allocation of such credits;
                                    ``(II) by the applicable 
                                participating jurisdiction that receives 
                                assistance under the HOME Investment 
                                Partnership Act, for assistance from 
                                such jurisdiction; or
                                    ``(III) by any Federal agency or any 
                                State or local government, for funding 
                                for the project from funds from any 
                                other sources.
                    ``(D) State agency involvement.--Assistance under 
                this paragraph may be provided only for projects for 
                which the applicable State agency responsible for health 
                and human services programs, and the applicable State 
                agency designated to administer or supervise the 
                administration of the State plan for medical assistance 
                under title XIX of the Social Security Act, have entered 
                into such agreements as the Secretary considers 
                appropriate--
                          ``(i) to identify the target populations to be 
                      served by the project;
                          ``(ii) to set forth methods for outreach and 
                      referral; and
                          ``(iii) to make available appropriate services 
                      for tenants of the project.
                    ``(E) Use requirements.--In the case of any project 
                for which project rental assistance is provided under 
                this paragraph, the dwelling units assisted pursuant to 
                subparagraph (B) shall be operated for not less than 30 
                years as supportive housing for persons with 
                disabilities, in accordance with the application for the 
                project approved by the Secretary, and such dwelling 
                units shall, during such period, be made available for 
                occupancy only by persons and households described in 
                subparagraph (B)(iv).
                    ``(F) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date 
                of the enactment of this paragraph, and again 2 years 
                thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
                report--

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                          ``(i) describing the assistance provided under 
                      this paragraph;
                          ``(ii) analyzing the effectiveness of such 
                      assistance, including the effectiveness of such 
                      assistance compared to the assistance program for 
                      capital advances set forth under subsection (d)(1) 
                      (as in effect pursuant to the amendments made by 
                      such Act); and
                          ``(iii) making recommendations regarding 
                      future models for assistance under this 
                      section.''.
SEC. 5. <<NOTE: 42 USC 8013.>> TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    Section 811 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                          (i) by striking ``provides'' and inserting 
                      ``makes available''; and
                          (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                      inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(3) promotes and facilitates community integration for 
        people with significant and long-term disabilities.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``special'' and 
                inserting ``housing and community-based services''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                          (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
                      the following:
                    ``(A) make available voluntary supportive services 
                that address the individual needs of persons with 
                disabilities occupying such housing;''; and
                          (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
                      comma and inserting a semicolon;
            (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``provided under'' and 
        all that follows through ``shall bear'' and inserting ``provided 
        pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall bear'';
            (4) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)--
                          (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                      ``receive'' and inserting ``be offered'';
                          (ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 
                      inserting the following:
                    ``(C) evidence of the applicant's experience in--
                          ``(i) providing such supportive services; or
                          ``(ii) creating and managing structured 
                      partnerships with service providers for the 
                      delivery of appropriate community-based 
                      services;'';
                          (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``such 
                      persons'' and all that follows through ``provision 
                      of such services'' and inserting ``tenants''; and
                          (iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``other 
                      Federal, and'' before ``State''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``special'' and 
                inserting ``housing and community-based services'';
            (5) in subsection (g), in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated 
        by section 3(c)(1) of this Act)--

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                    (A) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated by 
                section 3(c)(2) of this Act), by striking ``the 
                necessary supportive services will be provided'' and 
                inserting ``appropriate supportive services will be made 
                available''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated 
                by section 3(c)(2) of this Act) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(E) the extent to which the location and design of 
                the proposed project will facilitate the provision of 
                community-based supportive services and address other 
                basic needs of persons with disabilities, including 
                access to appropriate and accessible transportation, 
                access to community services agencies, public 
                facilities, and shopping;'';
            (6) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (4); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as 
                paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively;
            (7) in subsection (k)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period 
                at the end of the first sentence the following: ``, 
                which provides a separate bedroom for each tenant of the 
                residence'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the first 
                sentence, and inserting the 
                following: <<NOTE: Definition.>>  ``The term `person 
                with disabilities' means a household composed of one or 
                more persons who is 18 years of age or older and less 
                than 62 years of age, and who has a disability.'';
                    (C) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
                following new paragraph:
            ``(3) <<NOTE: Definition.>>  The term `supportive housing 
        for persons with disabilities' means dwelling units that--
                    ``(A) are designed to meet the permanent housing 
                needs of very low-income persons with disabilities; and
                    ``(B) are located in housing that make available 
                supportive services that address the individual health, 
                mental health, or other needs of such persons.'';
                    (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ``a project for''; 
                and
                    (E) in paragraph (6)--
                          (i) by inserting after and below subparagraph 
                      (D) the matter to be inserted by the amendment 
                      made by section 841 of the American Homeownership 
                      and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (Public Law 
                      106-569; 114 Stat. 3022); and
                          (ii) in the matter inserted by the amendment 
                      made by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by 
                      striking ``wholly owned and''; and
            (8) in subsection (l)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection 
                (c)(1)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)(1)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``subsection 
                (c)(2)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)(2)''.
SEC. 6. <<NOTE: 42 USC 8013.>>  AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Subsection (m) of section 811 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for providing assistance pursuant to this section 
$300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.''.

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SEC. 7. GAO STUDY.

    The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study 
of the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program under 
section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013) to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of such program 
in assisting households of persons with disabilities. Such study shall 
determine--
            (1) the total number of households assisted under such 
        program;
            (2) the extent to which households assisted under other 
        programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development that 
        provide rental assistance or rental housing would be eligible to 
        receive assistance under such section 811 program; and
            (3) the extent to which households described in paragraph 
        (2) who are eligible for, but not receiving, assistance under 
        such section 811 program are receiving supportive services from, 
        or assisted by, the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
        other than through the section 811 program (including under the 
        Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program) or from other 
        sources.

Upon <<NOTE: Reports.>>  the completion of the study required under this 
section, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Congress 
setting forth the findings and conclusions of the study.

    Approved January 4, 2011.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1481 (H.R. 1675):
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010):
            Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate.
            Dec. 21, considered and passed House.

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